CCC Article 3, Paragraph 2 on Mary (4 Dogmas)

7/29/2019 CCC Article 3, Paragraph 2 on Mary (4 Dogmas)

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MARYthe Mother ofGodand of

HumanitySept. 14, 2013

Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross


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IDENTIFICATION:

Identify the

Marian Dogma


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Theotokos

MarysAssumption

ImmaculateConception


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Questions to be answered

A. Who is Mama Mary for me?

(Personal view)

B. What does the Church tell me

about Mary? (The Catholic Church

view)C. What is my RESPONSE to this?


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A. Who is Mama Mary for me?


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B. The 4 DOGMAS on MARY

(doctrines that we must believe and accept):1. Theotokos

2. Immaculate Conception3. Perpetual Virginity

4. The Assumption


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1. THEOTOKOS

THEOTOKOS

= a Greek wordwhich literallymeans bearer ofGod

= it is alsotranslated as

Mother of God


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Theotokos: Description & Definition

Liturgical Celebration: JAN 1

It is the first (and oldest)

Marian Dogma Mary's Divine motherhood is

based on the teaching of the

Gospels, on the writings ofthe Fathers, and on the

express definition of the

Church


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Theotokos: Description & Definition

It simply tells us thatMary is the Mother

of Jesus, and since

Jesus is God, or theIncarnate Son of

God, then Mary can

be considered the

MOTHER OF GOD!


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Theotokos: Biblical Sources

The bible tells us that

during the VISITATION of

Mary to her cousin

Elizabeth, Mary is

acclaimed by Elizabeth, at

the prompting of the

Spirit and even beforethe birth of her son, as

"the mother of my Lord".


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LUKE 1:41-43

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting,

the infant leaped in her womb, and

Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit,

cried out in a loud voice and said, "Mostblessed are you among women, and

blessed is the fruit of your womb.

And how does this happen to me, that

the MOTHER OF MY LORD should come

to me?


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According to St. John Jesusis the Word made flesh, the

Word Who assumed

human nature in the wombof Mary. As Mary was truly

the mother of Jesus, and as

Jesus was truly God from

the first moment of His

conception, Mary is truly

the mother of God.

Theotokos: Biblical Sources


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John 1:1-2, 14

In the beginning was the Word, andthe Word was with God, and the Word

was God.

He was in the beginning with God.

And the Word became flesh and made

his dwelling among us, and we saw hisglory, the glory as of the Father's only

Son, full of grace and truth.


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Theotokos: History

The contention ofNestorius denying toMary the title "Motherof God" was followedby the teaching of theCouncil of Ephesusproclaiming Mary to be

Theotokos in the truesense of the word.(The New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia)


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NESTORIANISM

Nestorianism teaches that in

Christ there was an

accidental union of a human

person and a divine person.

In this understanding, the

Word of God dwelt in Christ

as in a temple and that the

one who died on the cross

was Christ, not the Word of

God.


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NESTORIANISM

Consequently, Nestorius

strongly criticized the use

ofTheotokosto Mary in

that she could only be

called Christotokos. These

heretical views were

condemned in the Council

of Ephesus in 431.


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2. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

Liturgical Celebration: DEC 8 The Dogma of the Immaculate

Conception was declared byPope Pius IX in 1854:

The most Blessed Virgin Marywas, from the first moment ofher conception, by a singulargrace and privilege of almighty

God and by virtue of the meritsof Jesus Christ, Saviour of thehuman race, PRESERVEDIMMUNEfrom all stain of

original sin. (Ineffabilis Deus)


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Immaculate conception: description & definition

Mother Church celebratesthe Solemnity of the

Immaculate Conception

as a dogma exactlybecause she was

conceived in the womb of

Anne, her mother,

without any stain

of original sin.


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CCC 490: To become the mother of the Saviour, Mary"was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a

role. The angel Gabriel at the moment of the

annunciation salutes her as "full of grace".


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In fact, in order for Mary to be able to give thefree assent of her faith to the announcement of

her vocation, it was necessary that she be

wholly borne by God's grace.


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Immaculate conception: biblical source Luk 1:26-28

And in the sixth month, the angel Gabrielwas sent from God into a city of Galilee,

called Nazareth,

To a virgin espoused to a man whose namewas Joseph, of the house of David; and the

virgin's name was Mary.

And the angel being come in, said unto her:

Hail, FULL OF GRACE, the Lord is with thee:

blessed art thou among women.


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Immaculate conception: biblical source Luk 1:26-28

The phrase full of

graceis from the

Greek wordkecharitomene,

which means that

she is already found

to be with grace


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The medieval Franciscan theologian BLESSED DUNS

SCOTUS offers pointed out that the privilege of total

immunization that preserved Mary from all sin

represents the most glorious result of Christs work.


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3. PERPETUAL

VIRGINITY


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Perpetual Virginity: description & definition

From the first formulations

of her faith, the Church hasconfessed that Jesus was

conceived solely by the

power of the Holy Spirit inthe womb of the Virgin

Mary, affirming also the

corporeal aspect of this

event: Jesus was conceived

"by the Holy Spirit without

human seed".


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Did Mary have brothers and sisters!?!

Against this

doctrine the

objection issometimes

raised that the

Bible mentions

brothers and

sisters of Jesus.


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Mark 3: 31-3531 His mother and his brothers arrived. Standing

outside they sent word to him and called him.32 A crowd seated around him told him, "Your

mother and your brothers and your sisters are

outside asking for you."33 But he said to them in reply, "Who are my

mother and my brothers?"

34 And looking around at those seated in the circle

he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.

35 For whoever does the will of God is my brother

and sister and mother."


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The truth is The Church has always

understood these passages asnot referring to other childrenof the Virgin Mary. In fact

James and Joseph, "brothersof Jesus", are the sons ofanother Mary, a disciple ofChrist, whom St. Matthew

significantly calls "the otherMary". They are closerelations of Jesus: i.e. cousins,relatives, or kinsmen, etc.


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4. MARYS ASSUMPTION

The dogma of theAssumption by Po

pe Pius XII on

November 1, 1950,

in the Apostolic

ConstitutionMunificentissimus

Deus


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Assumption: description and definition

Official definition:

the Immaculate

Mother of God, Mary

ever Virgin, when the

course of her earthly

life was ended, was

assumed body and

soul into the glory of

heaven.


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Assumption: description and definition

While we see in Mary a

loving mother who can

rightly show us the way to

God, we also realize in herwhat awaits us at the end

of times: she is the the

most excellent fruit of theredemptiona faultless

model.


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Summary

The Four Marian Dogmas:1) Theotokos, Mary is the Mother of God: January

1

2) Immaculate Conception, Mary was conceivedwithout sin: December 8

3) Perpetual Virginity: that Mary was ever-

virgini.e. before, during and after the birth ofJesus

4) Marys Assumption, Mary was assumed into

heaven body and soul: August 15


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Question and Answer


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CONCLUSION

In life we have to surrender completely to agracious and welcoming divine providence

because there is life after death. Mary, the saint of

all saints, teaches us that in doing whatever Jesus,

her son, tells us we can arrive at perfect union

with Christ. This is a heritage of a loving Mother

who only wants what is best for us. Her motherly

affection moves us to admire, contemplate andemulate her as we continue with our earthly

pilgrimage towards a personal and unutterably

bli f l i ith G d i t it

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